Improvement in treadle-power mechanisms



J. MI LLIRON, Jr. Treadle-Power Mechanism.

No. 221,846. Patented Nov. 18, 1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JACOB MILLIRON, JE, or NAsEvILL 'irENnEssEE, ASSIGNOB or ONE- THIRD OF HIS RIGHT TO SYLVANUS w. srEEnE, or SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TREADLE-POWER MECHANISMS Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,846, dated November 18, 1879 application filed June 4, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB MILLIRON, Jr., of Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Treadle-Power Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, convenient, and eifective foot-power motor for the operation and running of all kinds of light machinery, such as sewing-machines, scr0ll-saws, lathes, &c.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a view of the catch 0.

A is a frame, made of wood or iron, and of the shape as shown in the drawings. B is a fly-wheel attached to and revolving with the shaft H. G is a lever turning on the shaft H. H is a shaft, to which is attached the fly-wheel, and on which the lever 0 turns. G is a connecting-rod, connecting the catch D and the treadle I, and attached to catch D by screws or bolts. I is a treadle, held in position by being fastened to the frame by bolts or pivots F. Kisa spring, fastened to the frame at L by bolts or hooks, and to the treadle I, as shown in Fig. 1. m is a balance cast with lever O. D is a catch, attached to or connected with the lever O by screws or their equivalents, as shown in the drawings. E is a metallic ring attached to or cast with the flywheel B.

The manner of operation is as follows: The power is applied by the foot upon the treadle I. When the treadle I is pressed the rod G is drawn down, which brings the catch D upon the circumference of the ring E, whereby the ring E and the fly-wheel B are t-urned, and the machinery attached to the shaft H or the fly-wheel B is operated.

My machine is so constructed that the catch D will always be pressed upon the ring E at a point beyond the highest point of the circumference and in the direction of the treadle,

The spring K draws the lever O and. catch D to their proper position, and is eased and aided by the balance "m.

The ring E may be provided with ratchet teeth 011 its circumference, and the catch D made so as to operate in the same for the The combination, in a foot-power m'echanism, of the frame A, fly-Wheel B, provided with ring E, lever 0, provided with balance m and pivoted to the shaft H, catch D, rod

G, treadle I, and spring K, all arranged andoperating substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

JACOB MILLIRON, JR.

Witnesses J. B. BROWN, HARRY HARRISON. 

